DISINFO: The EU labelled Russia a sponsor of terrorism only because it is a US hostage
SUMMARY
By labelling Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, the EU shows itself as a US hostage. The idea of adopting the EU resolution against Russia was launched from the US.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative baselessly portraying the EU as a non-sovereign US vassal, this time as an attempt to divert attention away from the real reasons behind Russia’s labelling as a state sponsor of terrorism by the European Parliament. As this body has argued, the deliberate attacks and atrocities committed by Russian forces and their proxies against civilians in Ukraine, the destruction of civilian infrastructure and other serious violations of international and humanitarian law amount to acts of terror and constitute war crimes. In light of this, MEPs recognise Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism and as a state that “uses means of terrorism”.
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives, such as claims that the EU and its member states are US vassals, that only Europe’s geopolitical union with Russia could save it from American hegemony, that the West fights Russia through psy-ops like Bucha and the Mariupol maternity hospital, or that the West employed hybrid warfare against Russia in the UN general assembly.